Basic Information
232 pages 170*237mm 545g ISBN: 9791155352373
book introduction
It is a new essay by Jean-Jacques Saofe, an illustrator loved not only in France but also in Korea."Sangpe's Music" is a compilation of his essay series "Sangpe in New York" and "Sangpe's Childhood," followed by a story about "Music" with journalist Marc Le Carpentier.
As is widely known, Sangpe began painting when he dreamed of becoming a band player as a boy.The little boy, who dreamed of going to Paris someday and joining his favorite "Ray Ventura" band and playing it, drew each of the musicians one by one and developed not only music but also his passion as an illustrator.
Now that he is well past eighty, he suddenly confesses.Actually, I always wanted to be a musician.Should we cheer or feel sorry for his confession?For readers who may be puzzled by his determined confession and choice of music and musicians, the unpublished paintings in this book will reaffirm the intimate relationship between Sangfe's talent and his beloved music.
index
Preface Mark Lecarpantier 7p
Interview_ "Without a swing, there's no point.」 13p
Thanks 227p
About the author and translator
Jean-Jacques Sempe (Jieun)
When his first collection of works came out, he was already considered the world's best painter in France.He expressed the loneliness inside humans with thin lines and calm coloring, and sometimes spread his daily life pleasantly with humorous drawings.Born in Bordeaux, France in 1932, Sao Fé began painting when he dreamed of becoming a band player as a boy.He also developed his passion for painting as well as music by drawing one by one of his respected jazz musicians.In 1960, he created Little Nicola with humorist René Gosini, and this work became a great success and gained fame as an illustrator.He drew an illustration of Patrick Juskind's Story of Zommer in 1991, and published "A Friend of the Heart" and "A Child Who Can't Ride a Bicycle" in the same year are masterpieces that clearly reveal his ability to summarize movies and plays into a single sketch.When the drawings and watercolors that Sao Fé has been painting for 30 years were exhibited in Papillon de Jar in 1991, they were praised for telling more about modern society than 1,000 sociological papers.
The collections of Sao Fé, which have won the French Graphic Art Grand Prize, include Clumsy Competition, Paris Sketch, New York Sketch, Blushing Child, Different Minds, Life is a Simple Balance Problem, French Sketch, and Hang on!So far, more than 30 works have been published, and these books have been translated and published in many languages around the world.The "Sketchbook of Sangfe" released in 2021 is like a long work log that allows you to notice how Sangpe draws pictures and how to draw up ideas for his work.He died in August 2022 at the age of 89.
Recent works: "Sketchbook of Sangpe," "Hold on!"><Sangpe's music>…A total of 298 species.
Yang Young-ran (Transferred Gin)
After graduating from Seoul National University's Department of French and French Literature, he completed his Ph.D. in French literature at the University of Paris 3.He served as a reporter for the Korea Herald and a Paris correspondent for the current affairs journal.The translated books include Transition to Life Economy, Philosopher's Table, Why World Poverty Does Not Go Away, Robots Love, Age of Greed, Human Island, Not Alone, and Prometheus' Metal.
Introduction of the book provided by the publisher
Musicians Loved by Jean-Jacques Saint-Pé
A new essay by Jean-Jacques Sao Fé, an illustrator loved not only in France but also in Korea, has been published by Mimesis."Sangpe's Music" is a compilation of his essay series "Sangpe in New York" and "Sangpe's Childhood" followed by a story about "Music" with journalist Marc Le Carpentier.As is widely known, Sangpe began painting when he dreamed of becoming a band player as a boy.The little boy, who dreamed of going to Paris someday and joining his favorite Ley Ventura band and playing it, drew each of the musicians one by one and developed not only music but also his passion as an illustrator.Now that he is well past eighty, he suddenly confesses.Actually, I always wanted to be a musician.Should we cheer or feel sorry for his confession?For readers who may be puzzled by his determined confession and choice of music and musicians, the unpublished paintings in this book will reaffirm the intimate relationship between Sangfe's talent and his beloved music.And we may admire Sao Féman's playlist, from Paul Mislaki's songs that have saved his life since he first heard them on the radio when he was five years old to now, to Debussy and Duke Ellington, who he considers his own God.As he affirms that music without "swing" has no meaning, the music he loves still makes us excited decades later.And the paintings of Sangpe overflowing with "Swing" also make us happy.If music had saved Sang-Fe, wouldn't Sang-Fe's paintings also save us?